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phinnia ([personal profile] phinnia) wrote2008-07-07 06:26 pm
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the silicon chip inside your head has switched to overload

today:

appointment with orthopedist. he could not do anything for me directly (his words: "i'm a tumor and arthritis guy") but he DID actually LISTEN and is going to suggest that my primary care guy (who i'm seeing on Wednesday) put through a referral to a rheumatologist, who will actually perscribe me pain meds meant for daily use that may actually WORK (omg!) instead of riding the not-terribly-effective NSAID train until it CRASHES AGAIN. *eyeroll*

house cleaned. omg, I have a floor.

appointment with one of seaners' two pshrinkologists. He suggested manipulating the dosage at first to .75mg AM and .25 at bedtime; I'm okay with trying that and see if it helps. (Apparently it's not based on milligrams/kg like I thought, so they want to keep him on as low a dose as possible because the alternatives to respiridal don't work as well.

ankle full of flames and agony

child currently playing with a squeaky blue spotted frog

cats re-collared (neko lost his) and with new dishes. petco sent me small-dog-chews and samples. Do Boone and Pip want presents? There's some kind of bone-with-a-meal inside and some kind of minty dental chew thing.

so tired. want to write some and then collapse.

[identity profile] eleri.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ask pshrinkologists about risperdol vs abilify. Miri moved from one to the other, and we have fewer side effects (like the OMG MUST EAT NOW one, which added the weight gain, made for a very round Miri)

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know. I'll ask when we go back in August. <3 Are there any side effects at all to be aware of?
Thanks!

[identity profile] eleri.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
like a lot of that category of drugs, it can cause tics, and most docs will want bloodwork every 6 months or so.

Who are you seeing? We've been playing phonetag about a doc at Children's Bellvue.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
We're seeing Drs. Henry and Crawford at Children's main campus: nice people. <3